What do you do with the free headsets?
Mar 1, 2009, 10:18 pm
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While you're certainly entitled to take them, at what point is it enough? Wouldn't it be better not to waste all of them?
Mar 2, 2009, 1:25 am
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Great idea! In fact, I have been doing that for the past 3 years, i.e. collecting "free" headsets and giving them to teachers in Africa that have computers in their classrooms. (I work for an NGO that puts computers in classrooms)
Mar 2, 2009, 1:37 am
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Well, I'm an AS traveler, and not sure as to the quality of the aforementioned headphones, but we get cheap earbuds for use with the dig-e-player (free in F) and so I have a small collection of my own...
I have passed them out to friends/family for temporary usage- however last week I took a RCA video cable and cut it in half. I then cut off the headphones near the earbuds, matched up the wires (left channel, right channel and common) and soldered them together. Now I have an audio adapter -> Laptop to TV
I have passed them out to friends/family for temporary usage- however last week I took a RCA video cable and cut it in half. I then cut off the headphones near the earbuds, matched up the wires (left channel, right channel and common) and soldered them together. Now I have an audio adapter -> Laptop to TV
Mar 2, 2009, 4:16 am
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Mar 2, 2009, 5:20 am
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I've seen people selling huge lots of them on eBay.
The thing is, I've tried using them, many times, when my personal earbuds break, and they never seem to last more than a week or two. I suppose, if you fly every week, that works out well.
The thing is, I've tried using them, many times, when my personal earbuds break, and they never seem to last more than a week or two. I suppose, if you fly every week, that works out well.
Mar 2, 2009, 6:37 am
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I rarely have much interest in the AA IFE and usually the system is full of static anyway. And just leave the things. If I do have an interest, I pull out my own off my Ipod.
Mar 3, 2009, 1:46 am
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i keep a pair at the gym so i don't get my regular ones sweaty.
plus, the AA ones actually have louder bass than the default ipod ones.
my current pair is 6 months old, i think. all the rest i leave on the plane. they may be free, but they're still not very good.
plus, the AA ones actually have louder bass than the default ipod ones.
my current pair is 6 months old, i think. all the rest i leave on the plane. they may be free, but they're still not very good.
Mar 3, 2009, 8:50 am
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Mar 3, 2009, 10:13 am
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Exactly. Although, I do take my amenity kits and give them to a local abused women's shelter. As for the headpones, I leave them on the console or seat pocket for the next passenger.
Mar 3, 2009, 2:49 pm
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I end up leaving the amenity kits from overnight TATL because I don't want to check bags for the return flight. I suppose I could separate out the tubes of stuff and put those in my 1 qt ziploc bag, just haven't been particularly motivated to do so.
Mar 3, 2009, 2:57 pm
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As a side note, when reclearing at DFW D yesterday, there was a very cool looking x-ray machine, tube-shaped. The TSA guy announced that folks on that line did not need to remove liquids or laptops. I'd read that they were working on improved machines, and it seems that they are ^
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Mar 3, 2009, 3:33 pm
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regarding the ear buds, I collect them and use them on the treadmill at the gym for a single use.
Mar 3, 2009, 3:39 pm
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Mar 3, 2009, 6:57 pm
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Mar 4, 2009, 6:08 am
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Occasionally used during flight, headset quality never impressed enough to use elsewere. Always left behind.